t s o P s s e n r e d l i The W Volume 1, Issue 9

Bible Verses to Remember: 

Leviticus 20:7 (NIV) Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.

 Hebrews 12:28 (NIV) Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, . . . 

Isaiah 45:22 (ESV) Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

 Hebrews 9:12 (ESV). . . He entered once for all the holy places, not by means of the blood of gats and calves but by means of his own blood, these securing an eternal redemption.  Hebrews 3:12-13 (ESV) Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.  Numbers 23:19 (ESV) God is not man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does He speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? 

John 13:17 (ESV) If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

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John 3:17 (NIV) For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

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Blessings Not Curses for the Israelites Numbers 23—23

Twice, King Balak of Moab had sent men to hired Balaam, the man of God, to curse the Israelites. Finally, Balaam arrived last Wednesday. Early Thursday morning, the king took Balaam to a high lookout so that they could see part of the Israelite camp. At Balaam’s request, the king built seven altars and offered gifts to God. Balaam went off to pray. When he returned, he blessed the Israelites. Furious, the king took Balaam to a different lookout. Once again the king offered gifts to God on seven altars. Once again Balaam went off to pray.

This time, Balaam told the king the God planned good things for the Israelites not bad. God had plans for these people. Angrily, King Balak took Balaam to another lookout. Again the king offered gifts to God on seven altars.

King Balak & Balaam overlooking the Israelite camp

For the third time, Balaam blessed the Israelites. “The people of God have beautiful tents. They look like gardens by a river. They look like cedar trees by the water. Their king will be great. Their kingdom will be great. People who pray for good

things of them will get good things. People who pray for bad will get bad things themselves. A very special person will come from these people. HE will be like a star. He will win over his enemies. God’s people will get strong.” Of course when King Balak heard these words, he was very, very angry.

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Balak, the king of Moab, wa s afraid because the Israelites had been winning many battles and now were ready to enter the land of Moab. King Balak offered a lot of money to Balaam, a ma n of God. If he would come and curse the Israelites. Balaam rode his donkey to vis it the king. On his way, the donkey stopped. It saw an angel with a sword on the road. Balaam hit the donkey , but it wouldn’t move. Then God allowed the donkey to speak. “Why did you beat me?” asked the donkey. “I have always obeyed you.” Then God opened Balaam’s eye s and he way the angel. Balaam bowed before the ang el. The angel said, “The donkey saved your life. I wo uld have killed you.” Balaam said, “I have sinned . I will go back home.” Use the Dial-a-Message cod e to find out what the angel told Balaam.